The Pro Tools mixer is legendary –and mixing in Pro Tools is a required skill for anyone who wants to make it in the recording business. Learn all about basic mixing, signal flow and automation in this Pro Tools 10, Avid Learning Partner tutorial: Exploring the Mixer...

Mixers are the heart and soul of every DAW. Because they are virtually copies of hardware mixers they require that you understand how the audio signals pass through them. They have tons of channels strips and a multitude of outputs possibilities. There are also all kinds of complicated internal routing–not to mention FX sends and automation!

So where do you begin? In this tutorial mixer Scott Freiman takes you step-by-step through every aspect of the Pro Tools 10 mixing environment. You’ll explore the mixer’s layout and its signal flow. You'll see the different kinds of groups and understand why and how to use them as you build your mix. Next you’ll explore the Inserts and Busses as Scott demonstrates the different ways you can apply FX to your tracks.

From there you’ll get a lesson on setting up headphones mixes and an in-depth section demonstrating all the major Automation techniques and how to employ them into your mixing workflow.

So whether you're new to Pro Tools, studying for AVID Certification or simply brushing up on your Pro Tools 10 skills, this Exploring The Mixer course is designed to get you started on the right track! And if you want to get even deeper in to mixing and mastering, Check out all of macProVideo.com’s AVID Learning Partner Pro Tools 10 tutorials and our ever expanding collection of advanced Pro Tools tutorials by Grammy Award-winning engineers, industry pros and AVID Certified Pro Tools instructors.

This course, originally created in an earlier version of Protools, is forward-compatible with the most recent version.

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Reviews

Ren wrote on December 1, 2014

These are definitely worth while tutorials for someone seeking to become not only familiar with ProTools but also those seeking certification.

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Dell Little wrote on August 5, 2013

Great course for speed grouping and bussing. Quick processess. Also the Creating tracks on the fly is better than going into I/O pages.

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Shaggydh wrote on August 3, 2013

Very in-depth course. You will leave this course with a great understanding of the mixing window in Pro
Tools.

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Erwin wrote on January 17, 2013

WOW! This one blow me away...away to success!! The automation and master fader sections were great. Learned lots of stuff. I'm definitely going to apply what I learned in the automation especially the clip gain and vol automation.

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Felix1971 wrote on January 3, 2012

Great video to watch. Scott shows you how to move around this powerful mixer
It is not a video how to mix music but its a tutorial on how to use the mixer with full of tips & tricks
Highly recommended like all the rest of the videos at macprovideo.com

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Felix1971 wrote on December 11, 2011

Scott is a great Tutor, He is also a Protools expert
I learned using Logic, ProTools, Finalcut from watching Macpro videos
In here Scot shows you around the mixer like how to creat sends and other useful stuff
Must wach if you are a Protools user

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